Modern living rooms

White Open Plan

What is
immediately impressive about the living room in Kelly Hoppen's London house is the volume of
the space. Five Carrara marble steps lead down from a spacious
entrance hall to a living area of gymnasium-like proportions. It
took six months to dig down the one-and-a-half metres to create
the six-metre-high space that Kelly wanted. 'If it wasn't for
Matt the foreman, from London Projects, I might still be in
the hotel today,' Kelly says.

Custom-made lights, created in collaboration with Robert
Clift, help define the spaces in Kelly's new open-plan house.
Silk and blown glass lights hang in the living room.

This is open-plan living
on steroids. Under three tall windows at the front of the house is
a seating area that stretches nearly the entire length of the
building. Two eight-person sofas are butted up against each other,
facing various armchairs, chaise longues and two-seat sofas. Kelly
entertains a lot, and there is space for up to 30 people to sit,
perch and mingle.

Taken from the February 2016 issue of House &
Garden. Text: David Nicholls.